The names of the champions and winners of the School League of the CASE-IN Championship have been announced

The final was held on June 10, 2020 School League Season VIII The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN"− one of the projects of the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunityTeams of high school students from 9 regions of Russia presented ideas for recycling plastic waste in a conditional special economic zone in the city of Tobolsk, paying special attention to the environmental situation.

155 teams competed for a place in the finals of the School League. The 13 finalist teams represented the cities of Guy, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Komsomolsk–on–Amur, Novosibirsk, Novocheboksarsk, Svobodny, Stavropol, Tomsk and Cheremkhovo. SIBUR, JSC SO UES, Prosoft-Systems engineering company and Tyumen Industrial University acted as partners of the School League.

The finalists were greeted by the Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Komissarov: "Many teams of schoolchildren conducted real research at the stage of face-to-face defense: they conducted public surveys, met with representatives of local companies and housing and communal services enterprises. The task that the guys faced in the finals is even more difficult than during the qualifying stages. Each participant gained invaluable experience and new acquaintances, and the champions will receive additional points for the Unified State Exam and a special award: an educational trip to Tobolsk to visit the state-of-the-art SIBUR enterprise – petrochemical the factory "ZapSibNeftekhim».

The Hidden Leaf Engineers team from Novosibirsk was recognized as the champion of the School League in the Technological Modernization season. Team captain Konstantin Pavlenko, Kirill Zatolokin, Roman Mikhalchenko and Alexander Grebennikov are students of the Energy Class of PJSC RusHydro at Novosibirsk School No. 112.

The silver medalist was the SMK team from the Chuvash Republic − students of the Energy Class of PJSC RusHydro at the Lyceum No. 18 in Novocheboksarsk, Maria Chirkina (team captain), Alexandra Zotova, Ekaterina Ilyina and Mikhail Gerasimov.

The bronze medals went to the Iron Cadres team from Kemerovo Gymnasium No. 41. Team members: Captain Artem Sannikov, Vadim Sannikov and Roman Sadovets.

"The School League competitions are designed to teach high school students how to work in a team, search for and analyze information, generate and present ideas. One of the main objectives of this season's case study "CASE-IN» − to teach schoolchildren responsible consumption and respect for nature"- said the founder and co−chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship Artem Korolev.

The case "The circulation of hydrocarbons in everyday life and industry", which was solved by the finalists, was developed based on materials from PJSC SIBUR Holding and is dedicated to the collection and recycling of waste from various plastic materials.

"We believe that it is important to start building a professional career from school. And the case championship format allows you to develop skills that will be useful in the engineering profession in the future: the ability to work in a team, argue your point of view, present projects, work with a large amount of data and critically assess the situation. And all this in a limited time mode! As a company, we value these qualities. So "CASE-IN" is a great opportunity to prove yourself as a leader. In addition, we consider the championship as a platform to introduce schoolchildren to SIBUR: to talk about the importance of an informed attitude to the environment, the development of production technologies and digitalization, and the complexity of the tasks being solved. And of course, working at the federal level, we try to unlock for the participants the potential of the petrochemical industry and the advantages of choosing engineering professions when applying to university."− commented SIBUR 's Director of Human Resources Management Albina Labashova.

Based on the results of the assignments, the high school students came up with activities to draw public attention to responsible consumption, developed a memo on the proper disposal of garbage and mock-ups of posters for social advertising focused on environmental protection, designed separate trash collection baskets for homes and offices.

The finalists' ideas were evaluated by experts from industry companies and organizations, including SIBUR, a branch of PJSC RusHydro, the Corporate University of Hydropower, the Novosibirsk branch of Siberian Generating Company LLC, Rosseti Volga PJSC, Energy Storage Systems LLC, and teachers from Irkutsk National Research Technical University and Tyumen Industrial University., as well as representatives of the NGO "Russia – the land of opportunities".

The winners and prize-winners of the final of the School League "CASE-IN" will receive from 1 to 10 additional USE points upon admission to 19 partner universities of the championship. The champion team will get a trip to Tobolsk to visit Russia's largest petrochemical complex ZapSibNeftekhim.

Traditionally, the finals of the School's CASE-IN League included educational events. SIBUR Brand Development, Recruitment and HR Communications Expert Oksana Mustafina During the meeting, "How a talent can find itself in the industrial sector" presented the company's youth policy. She told the students about her personal and professional qualities that will help future specialists join the SIBUR team and achieve success.

Representatives of the Association of Trainers of the Russian Youth Union held a master class "Personal effectiveness Life hacks: use your phone effectively" and a quiz "Brain-case".

"The Championship "CASE-IN" for schoolchildren, this season has not yet been completed. We are waiting for the final of the engineering solutions competition, where teams of grades 6-10 will present operating devices related to new technologies for the production, transmission, distribution and consumption of thermal and electrical energy. After the summer holidays, the Autumn Cup, which has already become traditional, will begin "CASE-IN", which any high school student can participate in, regardless of their region of residence. Students of Russian universities and young specialists from companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes will also join the Autumn Cup." Artyom Korolev summed up the results of the event.